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inhumane

[ US /ˌɪnhjuˈmeɪn/ ]
[ UK /ɪnhjuːmˈe‍ɪn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
    biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
    humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world

How To Use inhumane In A Sentence

  • America's most senior general was 'hoodwinked' by top Bush administration officials determined to push through aggressive interrogation techniques of terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, leading to the US military abandoning its age-old ban on the cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners, the Guardian reveals today. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Top Bush aides pushed for Guantanamo torture
  • I NOTICE that apart from the widespread complaint that the German pilotless planes ‘seem so unnatural’ (a bomb dropped by a live airman is quite natural, apparently), some journalists are denouncing them as barbarous, inhumane, and ‘an indiscriminate attack on civilians’. As I Please
  • Hog waste is a major pollution source, communities surrounding the factories are strangled by a foetid stench and animal rights groups have long complained about the inhumane way pigs are raised and slaughtered.
  • His domestic policy is unjust, inhumane, fiscally irresponsible, and amazingly uninformed.
  • The trade in exotic birds is barbarous and inhumane.
  • Long before we reach this stage, the quality of life for us would be unacceptable, cruel and inhumane. Times, Sunday Times
  • January, February, and March bring a great cold, and inhumane conditions of food and weather for the girls - long marches to church in the blistering cold wind, swollen and flayed fingers and feet, and chilblains on the hands.
  • It seems we would rather harbour war criminals than shelter innocent human beings from inhumane regimes.
  • WHY are we allowing animals to be killed in this inhumane way? The Sun
  • It's also a boost to human rights, as current prison conditions there are inhumane. The Sun
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